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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

MCW A0EA 9A@sl
"a There Il somathinQ curious aboat
she American silver dollsr aud half
dollar Of the coinage Of 1904 said
veil known namismatist Of this city.
. In that year somsthinq like 1000
u the dollars wsfs coined, bat 10 10 .
singular faos, a. 10 10 > known, that not
ons Of thea vas known 10 be In circu-
Iation. Yes tbe most Sal9sble Of al
Amerioan coina are two 1904 dollars
which are in well-kn0wn cole cliOne.
They are valued a $4,000 each. u
has been dstssminsd 10 the saiisfastion
Of every numismnfist that these two
dollars were mes ceined uatil 1S28. al
thonRh they we're struck with the oriRi-
nal 1904 die. 1hsv we're secretly mads
(alihoueh such Q procedure 10 penal
eneneel for some one high In inhuenee
and suthosity, Who desired them for
certain csin collections. Il has never
been positively aseertained hcw the
SUBSCRIPTIONS work vas accomplished.
bat there ID no deubf that 10 was done.
why the dollar Of 1904 wes never seen
h circulation after leaving the mint is
one Of the unsolved Government mys-
tories.
a sin greater mystery surfouads
the half dollar OF lbOA. Of thae coin
nearly 10000 wers struck. Nos one
vas ever discovered In circulation.
Tee quarter dollars Of 1904 are numer-
Gus snsugh-so plenty, In faei, that 9
| fair spesimeu can be bought for %. and
their coinage Amounted 60 less than
1000 pieces. A SPURIOUS thing has been
discovered regarding the half-dsllar Of
1906, which 10 NOS . rare esin, except IN
| the case Of tbose possessing the earnestly
I speak of. which increases the valae
terfold. This IL that the figure 5 IN
1906 hiss been struck over figure
showing that the coin was really ono of
tho undiscovered mintirg of 1904
Whist became Of the large Issue Of 1904
| half dollars? No one knows OF ever will
know; but IL 10 evident that all Of them
we're not Issued from the mint, and
| ihis belief that there vas some reason
for not desiring the coin to circulate il
strengthened BY she mint celebrating
she date on what was left BY making
| 1906 half dollars Of them.
+" There was no silver dollar issued
from the mint in 1906. yet S2l wers
coined, and are in the hands of collect
ors 10 day. Just As they camo from ths
die. No dollars we're coined By The
Government after thai until 1885,
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27
Gaining N rnn PAssxs.
The AeIIon or the Pennsylvania
IAnea

The AetIoH Of the Pennsylvania
CINoTKNATI, Feb. 1S.-The follovinR
notice IL being issued By the Peansyl-
vaniA lines vest of Pittsbure:
Dear Sir: Owing TO the Interstate
Commerce bill that Is 10 go in force as
law on April 4tb, pFoximo. the annual
pass issued to you will expire March
S1st. z. A. FoaD,
General Pass niger Agent.
This is the action clearly required By
Law 30 far as passes issued 20 influence
legislation or business IL concerned.
whether or not the Law viii cot OF press
and purely complimentary passes. Is jet
not fully determined upon. and the
Commission will probably be called 10
rule upon it. MANY roads will, however,
unquestionably take advantage Of the
douet 10 Gus OF all passes. A nice point
suggests itself in regard TO passes al
ready issued and good for 1887. They
we're granted before the nee Law was
sach, and whether there IL an implied
consideration or not. they are probably
Q contract in honor which the executors
Of the Law would permit the roads 70
carry out II they we're So disposed
IL 10 o neat question WHISTLER. under
she constitutional provision against er
post Haeto legislation, . pass Issued when
il waa not illegal TO issue snch, can be
llleRaliEed BY statutory enactment. Aud
In cases where passes have been issued
under a contract, must not the contract,
legal when IL vas made, be fulfilled
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27
aHeeTING A PILer TO Jaws ms
scar.
Isl Loula olebs Democrat. /

ISL Louis 0iobs Dsmoeraa
most notable river men Who ever nav
igAted the Ohis IL Ospt, David n. Dry.
den. Who now lives To Ballard CoantY,
Kentucky. CApt- Dryden is Is years Of
axe, aud epeni sixty years Of his life on
the river. In is36 be was piios on the
Swiftsnre. 4 mail line packet plying
Paul tonea also ran Ia the same trade.
and great rivalry existed between the
Two boats. One cold day IN January,
lSsaA beth boats pohed out Of the Louis-
vile harheF, and TIE Captain Of each
received that his craft should be the
dfst b land 10 uincinnati. l'ins knots,
eoal-osl, bacon. and everything thai
wcald makea blaze we're thrown into
the furnaces. and TIE engineers receives
orders 60 tagn her eide opeE. For sons
miles they vere exActiy side By side. aud
although both engines we're doirg their
almost. neither had the advantage.
fae Captains and the crews vere great
y sxcitsd.and The boats gasvered under
ne immense s.ean presearG Ftnally
the sWiftenfe began slowly 70 forge
Ahead Of Its rival sylvester Edwards,
rilol Of tne doses. sav tie Faee was loss,
aud instantly resolved thai u be eoaia
not disiaace the swittnEe be wua, a
sink Der. he acoordirgly taFnsd hts
bov tasArd The si1e Of TIE other be-.
CApt. nrySsn whistlsd and shouted 10
bi@ 10 keep %. bat be dia nat heed the
sszasis Asd 10 few moments the sharp
ircn~eSvered bews of the jones werp
nearly against tie SUiftsuge Catt.
Drx1cB realised a. once that uuies Z
sonaeleing was done hts baat wc0ld I .
sank ana hs PaSseH gers drowned. HA-
ttiy snatcoine = rife from tbs aaos be
ard ahEonZA he window. ard. TIE hall
striking EiwAfds n tte ceaief % tie
fasseesd. kdlsd him INSTANTLY. Tee
doses then vseFei 81. and he eoilissOn
vas avertsa- CApt Dfyasn uas tired
"a baEltngsen. Booze couaty. and a.
Z gisssa
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27
TO THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE
AND OTHERS.

CERTAIN UNSCRUPULOI PER.
" sons have represented 70 eur detFl-
menf that ne DanufAoture only cheap
aoapM intents1nhily oonve1fn& tie tdea
thai our soaps are Of poor quality, when
sUuH Is NOT THK CASE Thoegh N enc
sense Of the word cur soaps are cheap. the
purchaser IL getting more soap Of supe-
rior quality than Of cartail higher priced
SOAPS. We mske all grades sf launr ~
and household soaps, and .pecsnllg recem
mend our WESTERN QUEEN eAYON
IS suitable for all uses and always giving
satisfaction. Because Of the thcruughno
with which this soap clcAnses do not
think that IL Injuries the clothing. We
guarantees satisfaction tmoneY 70 .undad
ofherWtseD and that e win no9 hprt ths
hands or iniure The most oeliea1s fabric
Do Jon WI b - build up ysur hnmo In
dustriesi II 90. you WIN ind ~ deserving
sf your patronage. Insist upon the use O
only this scap In your household. Aeh
your grocer for Il and take No other thar
| the Western Queen oayon. We ask yor
- . favor due % yeur home indn tries q
purchase enc box Of this soap ard give 1
fes sEATTLK SOAP CO.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

Three handFed and ten miles Of rail-
road we're constructed In the United
States during the Rrst month OF the
present year. This exceeds the record
of any previous year, exoept 1882. In
January OF last year, liza milea were
built. IN 1855 100 miles. In 1884 l56 miles.
and IN 1873 i68 miles.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

Col. Bliss and Gov. AlEer Of NiehiRan
are great -sroaies.@ . warm personal
friendAhip hAvinz existed hesw en- thsn
for several years Wkea Gov. Aipes
oads 40 hia military faniiy BE- appoint
ed Dol Ella % bis SAT More than 8
yeas $50 they boaRhi tFsct O Pins q
EetAaR h ths appsf pentnxaiA fox vniek
$4,000 was paid. and laas Nay thsy
ctcaed c0t some C4c cian linfta
t6as tbey had previo1siy acquired. q .
easaa psces Of esAen
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27
To Business Men Of Seattle

4 Nd vICNITY.-A MAN WITH -
"A years experience IN general Business.
. No salesman go04 aeeountAnk, can
make htmssk useful IN any capacity.
wishes = sik1ation- Best of references
furnished address B. d. B.. city post
once. aeatfle. Wnah. Ter. fa& ID
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27
lTTHTOR cOMplHT

BExrTxR. Fehrzzry - 1Sss-
iCoUpany 0r6sr Ne FL
Thsa c9nznam1 vii assemble Tuesday
nfxhk a. 9-1s nhArp. IN fun dress unlfcrm.
q I - e2eclIun e co1uiEalonad al1cera
fsEarcunks viii be dislrihuedl By orueE.
y. 3. 0kKKE. Capt Con q Co
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WANTED.

A GIRL TO DO GENERAL HOUSE.
n wo1k In mail family. Inquire of
Mrs. y. q. WHITWORTR Senf 81 gkrssE
between Fourth and Firth fea3 a.
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WANTED.

A eRNTLKlGAN DESIRES A ROOM
n suitable for hinself and boy aged Is
yeAra. with baard for boy Address, STAT
Ing termA NJ J. n. p. O boz rs seeftle.
W.T., fees 81
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

TIE Eilsnsbwrg Nfss Era says To-
Nortnern P<csee CcnpSny vtIl b eom-
Felte9 - saosseNa fFcn 50 - 81 uail<s
u their road n the Cascade MOunaAins.
end thAt NE eomrsny viii hesta he
Nark nexa s1mmNr.
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WANTED.

I A GIRL To DO GENERAL HOUSE
IA work In . family Of two Apply %
Mrs. Chick, Third street near Columbia,
o. Ars. Frank KfmbaL fe2s q
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waErs-rOLEr-EoRs4LE-src
For Rent.

1--WE HOUsEKKEPINs ROOMS on
ID Fronf street. and furniture for saIa.
a ply % MANNING & MITCHELL
Frunf ard Madison sfreetn fe9T q
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WAN TE D.

UTANTKD-IO,eoo SECOND HAND
wv Sacks. WIN pay full value In oash
Tor same. FREDERICK & MAUD,
fe33 g. eecoBd STREET. near MIL
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

r AM DESTROYS OF OBTAINING
sewing: by the day II desired. address
p. o. box SIS, TO =. 3. c.. or house corner
Of Ftfth and jefferson streets. fen I'm
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27
VIOLIN LESSONS.

C0RHECT MKTHC MODERATE
~ ,ernA Address W. MATsON. P. o.
bcx AZ. fe23 I'm
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27
Notice Of OlssoIHiion.

NOTICE n HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ fha pagtuershfp nHFU1okono exi4llA8
hetWFsn fha undsnnlEBe4. undeE tne nama
a. ths Seattle h~aD Companys o. bgb-
kfns 4 Busssil, has this oay ben az
solved b. mgtusl ooaasn1 Al eeoss SO
the unAerNlRnad- o. d. Bnesell. and ~
Sehss due = aid partnsEship 2n@ -
pald % him
The bunIness ufn = contian z ~ Q. -
BHgsiI, Who win a6verli and eaKrT %
tie husinAM q hsrefqfuTn un1nF ~ name
a fha aaaftia Soap C1mr4uFs
Tlafn2 - enaffta thIa 1IIh 2aF q FEB
ruarv. fseT. III NJ HOfKAMA
ss2sai@ o d sUssKfI-
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

ENURNIsHED ROOMS TO LET.
y with or without board rooms IS 70
"a per month kverett HOUSE. rear az
Court House. Fourth street. defn
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

CITUATION wANTED-BY A BUsT
- ness man; b . good salesman and
eookkeeper Of STEADY and reliable hab-
rs. aRd can give best Of references. Ad-
d-esB Businefs,P p. o. box sos fan 81
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

A FRONT oFFICK CENTRALLY
n located Address Co." care Posr.
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Plano TunIng

MRNIT sCHKE rs m THE CITY AND
IVA VIII stay ~ long - necessary for his
tion 70 special orders left at Davies book.
store. as IoWman'a. or Pumphrey's. 20 ~
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FOR SALE.

TUE HALF BLOCK. ON SOUTH SEC
i ond street between Main and Jack
son. on which are located the New Ar
nngton Hotel and the Plummer home
For terms apply on the premises to
1aO lm MRS. 8. j. PLUMMKR.
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FOR SALE

AN EXCELLENT MULE TEAM
a free from slenish and good size. In
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FINE WATCH

WHEN repaired ~ botch walchmakel
Wi asyef keep time oarrooflT. Theu 30
VIII ~ anOGher lmo-eMlle4 WnfchDn4Mf
Ard y0nr watch win Be IN . wuf1e coHel-
ton stiii. besides you A. cat 3 cap.l4 -.
ahle nnaoant a. mnney. 1qn VII aB9AA -
thie trouble and your watch wiz % ~ -
fso1 order whoa repaired and reEala1sA y
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FOR SALE.

HURST CLASS WORK CATTLE-AP-
IL ply TO or address A. ] BAKER
e1 seattle. w. 7.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

WHO bad uoiaelessiy essconced hsrself
IN he witness eAslE and vas RrapAr1ne
90 undefR0 her exAsnlnatsan 81 the
banda 20 The Dsxtrtet Attorney. An
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-29
The Coming Year.
PIof. Gougs, b, .Al6onv Journal. [.

fous 0Uuycl LC <1eCUuy OOWfttbfsi 10
The year as yet unborn and yet TO be,
Lies Graded In the great eternal mind,
The dream-like drama that no eye may see,
Enacted yet, but written sealed and signed
The actors waiting on the silent stage
Till in each hand is laid the written page.
AS passing wagons creak bapeath their load,
And thus we mark the burden that they bear,
And as they pass we mark their load of care.
Unwise the mortal who to quell his fears
Would rob the future of its blood and tears.
High DER the portal of the heavy door
An angel stands and smiles on those who
wait;
Hope is the name of her who bendeth DER
And lureth mortals through the mystic gate
OF dawning years, and multitudeS in gles
Seek in the future for the joys to he.
AS turns our teenng globe toward the sun,
Eternal songs from waking birds arise,
So on the darkened side when day is done
Come up the weary groans and watchers
So whlrnng fortunes in their orbits run
Through light and darkpess till the day is done.
And we may promise as sure forecast
This year shall be a year of noble deeds.
A year of self denials, benefactions vast,
year of shameful sales, of horrid greeds,
A year when noble souls to heaven aspire,
While meaner souls crawl downward through
the mire.
So infant prattle in some homes we hear,
While age dies grooming in adjoining rooms,
The song of wassai jars upon the ear,
While rue and cypress shade the orange
blooms
And on the stage the tragic glooms awhile
Then comes the afterpieco to make us smile.
And what tell thee, con IL deep and well,
The year shall be thy master or thy slave;
Its tongue shall well earned praises of thee tell
OR whisper requiems Ger an honored grave.
Act well thy part, without doubt or fear,
And this shall be to thee kingly year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-29
A New Dime Museum Attraction.

The report that Miss Elise Friedel, better
known as "Lingg's girl" is going to be ex-
hibited throughout the country by dime
museum proprietor, lacks confirmation, but
if such tour should be made it would.
doubtless, be successful from a pecuniary
point of view. Americans, especially those
of the North and West, are great lovers of
anything that smacks of sensation and
novelty, and never regret the spending of a
dime, or more, when they can get a good
look at some monstrosity, or at people in
whose lives events have so shaped them
selves as to make them objects of gossip.
Here is an humble German girl, possessing
no merits above those of thousands of others
of her nationality in America, but who, be-
cause she CHANGED to figure in a little
romance with the Chicago Anarchist who
took his own life, is in fair way to receive
a considerable weekly stipend for allowing
herself to be taken about the country
and gazed at by gaping crowds. No
doubt Miss Van Zandt, who went
through the farce of marriage
by proxy with August Spies, one of
the Anarchists who were hanged, could
SOOu n
liar contract, and Mrs. Parsons could doubt
less find it profitable to become lecturer.
Their managers would also reap some
pecuniary benefits over and above expenses
as a reward for their highly commendable
efforts to cater TO the public thirst for that
which is sensational If they did not think
their ventures would be personally remu-
nerative, their sense of patriotism in this
direction would hardly be strong enough to
cause them to embark in the enterprise.
Miss Friedel is not described as the droop-
ing, miserable girl that one would ma urally
suppose her to be, but, on the contrary, she
is bright-eyed, well-fed, buxom lass, with
laugh that would dispel any illusion that
might exist as to her intense sorrow for
departed lover. She does not sit patiently
on a monument, as it were, but a strong
chair in the rear of basement barber shop
in Chicago contains her portly form, and
when she smiles at grief, it is more in the
nature of guffaw than a meek smile; nor
does melancholy feed upon her damask
cheek. When put on exhibition, her good
nature will diffuse itself among the sight
seers, and she will be altogether one of the
liveheSt ''maids forlorn" ever gazed at for
dime.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-29
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1887
The Gossip Apout Mr. Randall.

1t would be interesting to know whether
Mr.. Randall has made up his mind respect
ing the course he will pursue when the bill
to reduce tho tariff comes before the House
One day it is asserted that he and the
Speaker have reached perfect understand
ing; another day it is said that he has deter
mined to oppose all tariff legislation that is
not in harmony with the position he has
always occupied, and now it is asserted that
he tells his friends that tariff bill will be
passed, and that it will provide for the re-
peal of the tobacco and fruit brandy taxes.
II is pretty safe to say that Mr.. Randall
keeps his own counsel, and that all the re-
ports of what he intends to do are mere
guesses. In the last Congress, before the
tariff bill was discussed, it was said that
Mr.. Randall would do this, that and the
other thing. but when the time for action
came he did just what he had always done,
viz. ranged himself on the side of the Re
publicans and upheld the demands of the
protected monopolies.
1t is impossible to say what he will do
when the bill to reduce the revenues is con-
sidered. The imperative necessity for
such a bill may induce him to re-
cede somewhat from his high tariff position,
but it will be great surprise if he does not
act in opposition to his party in many inn
portant particulars.
He is much more conspicuous as an OPP
ponent of his party on the only great issue
before the country than he would be if he
were in harmony with it, and if he had not
always been protectionist he might be open
to the charge of obstructing his party for
the notoriety it gives him. In the absence
of proof to the contrary, however, it must
be conceded that he acts upon his convic-
tions; but admitting that be is sincere there
is no obligation resting upon his party to
strengthen him with its confidence while he
uses his strength to defeat its policy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-29
The Service a Ring Rendered.
Erom fhe Nam YORK. Snr

From the NeD York Sun
John Huyler, the merchant whose Fresh
Every Hour" sign has made him wealthy, was
not always rich. and his friends tell story con
corning his early days that is not without in
terest. A good many years ago. when he Kept
little shop over on the west side. Mr. Huyler
took trip to California. He was in comfort
able circumstances, and he carried with him
what he thought would be a sum amply suffi-
Gent to see him through. But in San Francisco
where the opportunities for spending money
are large and multi arious he suddenly found
himself one morning with only few dollars in
his pocket. In those days the means of trans
uniting cash from one side of the continent to
the other were not what they are now. and MIR.
Huyler was in a rather tight box. He wore. how
ever, diamond ring that had cost $500, and.
after considering the situation carefully for
some time, he took this ring to an opulent San
Franciscan with whom he had bare acquaint-
ance and sold it for $3.50. This sum enabled the
New Yorker TO return home. Not long after a
man came into Mr.. Huyler's Broadway store,
and it required no great stretch of memory to
recall him as the rich Californian who years
back had purchased the Eastern merchants
diamond. A few moments of conversation de-
veloped the fact that the San Francisco man
had run short of cash id the metropolis and.
desiring TO go West again, bad come around to
see If he couldn't sell Mr.. Huyler back his ring
The original owner of the gem dived into his
pocket, handed over three SiO0 bills invited the
Californian TO dinner, and started him home
The old ring he now wears constantly and he
occasionally exhibits it to admiring acauaint-
ances as 1.-The best friend, gentlemen, the best
friend ever had :"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-29
How the Air Brake Works.

Said railroad man to me to-day: IN bet
not one in a hundred OF the people who travel
on railroad trains understand how the pressure
of air is used to apply the brakes to trains
When the air brake was first invented the air
was turned into the cylinder under each car
when the car was to be stopped, and the press
ure was exerted to force the brakes up against
the wheels. But at the present day the brakes
are held against the wheels by springs, and the
air is turned into the cylinders to push the
brakes away from the wheels as long as the train
is i'll notion " hen it is desired to stop the train
the air is let out, and then the springs apply the
brakes and stop the train. This last method OF
using air pressure has great advantages over
the old way ON the score OF safety.
whenever an accident happens to a train.
of the first effects 1t is apt to have is to r1ip-
ture the air pipes leading from the engine to the
cylinders under the cars and that of itself
stops the train instantly. II is very important
for everybody to understand this matter be-
cause q child five years old can stop a train in
thirty seconds, from any car in The train, if lie
simply understands how. You will see Il YOU
10 TX for it, that there is asort of rope projecting
from the toilet room of every car That con-
meets with the air pipes under the train. If you
catch hold of II and give it little Jerk, it will
stop the train before has gone 90l wards